Wind-shield.



F. R. BOYNTONL wwwl SHIELD. APRLIQATION FlLEvD IUNE 24. l.9|6.

vPaten'ted Oct; 30,1917.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FBEDEBIUK l.

BOYNTON, OF PRQ'VIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOB, OIF ONE-THINK) TOPHILII' ALLEN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND;

WIN lit-SHIELD.

Specification o1 Lettersl Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

To all Awhom z' may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK. R` Bors- 'rox, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Providence, i-n the county of' vProvidence and Stateof Rhode Island,` have invented certain neu7 and useful Improvements inIVind-Shields,v of which the following is a specification.

My yinvention relates to wind shield de vices for automobiles and othervehicles.

The essential objects of m v invention are to facilitate the positioningand folding of the shield and its supporting parts; to enA able thefolded parts of the shield and its supports t'o oceup)v a small space;to reduce the number of parts and the expense oi' con struction to aminimum; to make it possible to. dispense with horizontal and vertical.

pivot brackets; to compensate for vvear upon 4the joints; to impart auniversal character to the joints connecting theA supporting arm withthe shield. and at the. same .time t0 render the shield 'automatieallaadjustable upon the same pivots,l vvhereb)` the shield may as sume anyone of several predetermined ra dial positions to facilitate folding: toao' commodate the supporting arms to the particular Width of anv seat towhich they may be attached; to frictionallv' control the ioints in sucha manner that the-.Shield may be fixed in amT desired positionintermediate the seats Without special adjustment; to strengihen theconstruction of the several lparts': and to facilitate the substitutionof the .glass plates of the shield. Further 0bjects of invention Willappear from anexamination of the drawings and from the followingdescription.

r To the above ends essentiallyY nrt-inven-4 tion consists in such partsand combinations of parts as fall Within the scope. of the apl pendedclaims.

In theaccompanving drawings which form a part ofthis specification,vFigures-1. Q and ehem a side elevation, a rear elevation.' vul a planof my device reseetivelv 'partiallv' dijstended, 1

igs. 4 and plan and. side elevations respectively of the parts 1'nfoldedposi tion. Y

Fifrs.A 6. .7. 8,. and 9, sectional details on lines3-6 of Fig. d Fig.:2. and Q-tlof Fig. v1 respectively., and Figi-l0. a view of a socket online 10-10 T-T of Fig. 3; 848 ot"r Like reference. characters indicatelike parts throughout the vie\vs.

In the. construction illustrated. 10 and 11 represent the front and rearseats of an automobile or other :vehicle Attaching platesor posts 14 arefixed bv screws l5 or othern 1li and 18 have corresponding hemisphericalcavities or seats Q8 and 29 vvhieh coop erate to form a socket` and eachhas `a cut avvav edge to form a horizontall) disposed arcuate slot 3.0.,as indicated in Fig` 3. Each of' the tivo described socket members,indicated in a general Wart-he reference. .numer- `als 32. has initsspherical seat a ball 33 'rotatable inthe socket and frictionallvengagmg its seat to such an extentA as may bedesired virtue of thescrevv adjustment of the retaining or clamping plate 18. Integral vviththe ball is an arm provided preferahl)` with an outvvard bend 36adjacent the socket and movable in-the slot 30. The arm '35 in thepresent instance. con

)risestxvo '.)arts 3S and the former beine l l e solid-and extendingint-o, the lat-ter which is 'tubular. These relativelv slidabletelescoping parts'are clampedinf-anyT desired rela tive position-nyvirtue of. longitudinal slots 1-0 in the' end ofthe-:part 89. whichslotted port-ion has threadsl 4l toreceive a nut' 43, which tvhenturnedclamps' the segments' 44:`y formed 'by the slots. into engagementwithAihe part 38. Each 'arm 35 is connected at its outer end by a verticalpivot pin 46 .With asecond armf. The adjacent .portions ofthe respectivearms he'ilngtlat and in a horizontal plane. and provided with butts 48and 49 to prevent an excessive lateral 4distension of the arms.

' Integral with or fixed tothe outer end l of each .arnr'47 is-a socketmember rep'rf.l sented 4in a. general. waybv-the reference numeral 51;;and shownin :deta11,1nF1g..;'(.

This comprises a.. :base plate or oup"52 pi; p vided with. *a*'hemspherical :seat l or cavity .53... At opposite sides of thee'vitythevplate l has an 54 and 55, the latter l I the plate 52 isa retainingplate 62 with a. 59 curved or hemispherical cavity 63 regis yateprovided with a thread 56. A downwa extension 57 on the center of theplate has a vertical recess 58 in which is seated a spring 59 whose up.er end supports a ball 60 partially inclose by the recess and nor# 1yextending into the seat 53. Above terin with the cavity 53. The latter,has oles 68 and 64 rin alinement wit the" holes 64 and '55 respectively.Ad'bolt 65 in the openings .54 and 63x has a head 66.0n the retainingplate,- anda thread 67 on its llower end. A nut 68 enga es't'his threadvand'bears against the lower ace of the plate 1 52. A. clamping screw 69in the hole 64 has a' thread 70 on its lower portion engaging the thread5.6. in the hole. Aflange' 71 on this screw rests uponthe top of therie/taining plate, andthe screw' terminates in a thumb piece 72.y

In each socket member is a ball 74 seated in the cavities 53 and 63 andof such diameter as to space the late 62 some distance from the plate52. 'Ehe degree of frictional enga ement of the ball in .its socketi's'cont'rolle by turning'the serew-69. The

ball `74- has peripheral cavities 75 and 76 diametrically opposite eachother, and.. a peripheral cavity 77 midway the other .two

cavities said VcavitiesV 75 and 76 being in alineme'nt with the cavity58. Hence the rov tation of the ball 74 brings thelocking hall ormember. @successively into the cv'itles 75, f77 a'ni. 76, so that theball v7 4 is teinspeet1ve1y,j and'. in 'an ear' 95 onthelower" end of.the frame 85;. j The upper endofQ-the '-rod has al hea-d 961re'sting.'on the par' .9 3.

drical ateral lug 102fupon'the'arm 82.

,Chas 'ashank103 o'fduced-diameter -oming en intermedi'ateshoulder 104;land- {ed projects.- sli .htly belowthe lug, 102. 19H-ieee essere thespring-108 surroun-din lug is llocated iiil the 'bottom' of 'the' AV.'transverse guidelpin 107 in the 106 plotse y throu h the lslot 1 05 an.veninl rotation oft e point' 99. A h' Cal i1 'on'the-ring -106 1an'resses againstthe Houllier-1104" normallyeeping the point 9-in` yieldin'enggement with the teeth 98 wherebyt elframe 88 maybe manually 'swungtoany desired angle relativel to the frame''. Belowthe bore 101 the v1g.1.02

hasanenlarged recess 110 communicating with a verticalfslot 111.infthe'wall ofthe lug, inwliich recess .is j'a strans'verse pivot.

pin "112' upon which is mounted .a .cam 113 adapted to engage the lowerend 'of the pin `100 andA havin a .lever or Ahandle 114 ex-` tendingthrong the slot 111.' A fiat spring 115 fixed to the lug by ascrewlliengages the cam and retains it in adjusted posltion.

When the cam-is in the position shown the pin point 99 is locked inWhatever'position. upon the disk 97 is desired. lWhen the handle 114 isdownwardly pressed the cam -disengages the pin 100, and lthe frame 88may again b manually moved to any. angle.;

In originally mounting the described parts upon a lVehiclethetelese'oping sections 38 -and 39 are adjusted to theneoe'sseryrelatvpositions and clamped in s juo'h positions by'. the nuts43, so tht'the'lengthof the arm 35' may beaccom'modated to a'seat anywidth. After the' members 32 are attached to the seat vthe 'balls 33 aresufficiently' clamped in'their -sockets by Amanipuleting the' shank 108"rests 17'0 the'nuts 26 on 4the bolts 2'3,`it being' desir-1 j" able thatthe lballs be 'frictionally vengaged but still4 easily movable. Thebends -36 the arms 35in' conjunction with ltine'-fircu'ate Vslots 30 aref-ohd to' assist lto 'maintain the'` parts' in a horizontal vplane,although thesebendsa're'not imperative., From the flde'd positionshownin F 4'tliesupporting arms The'eltive extension' of the. arms'obyiously determinesjihe 'sistemisti :the shield fer- 'wardly' or.rearwardly of the seats To; fold the parts 'after distison? the Viviisig'frame'swhereupon' the loosene unelanigtlie bills v74' andpermfit the.folded `filirnes. 'drop byfigravity intoevertiea1-'posltion,`vasi:shown 1-n Eig; .55, m

lished forward .terapesitioniadjacentwthe ,115 88 are released vbydepressing' the levers 114, 1 andarefclosed'againstthe"centralf.fijames; l

evelsg'1y14 are-returned locked.; osition., 1Next thescre'ws --69 'ia-re-=12o las respectively 5in'. {13 6 a peripheral shoulder 118, as shownin Fig.

8. At the base of the shoulder the material yextends transversely of theframe as at 119,

and is thenbent rearwardly forming a peripheral flange 120 in which arethreaded perforations 121 registering with similar perforations 122inthe adjacent Wall of the frame against which said llange abuts. A

removable peripheral member-124 has a` body 125 provided with threadedperforations 126 registering with the perforations already referred to,and in all these perforations are screws 127. The body 125 is bent toform a peripheral shoulder 12S, opposite the shoulder 118. Thus therectangular peripheral member 125 is removable by virtue of the screws127.

The frames 88 are constructed in a simi lar manner, being hollow, andcomprising the fixed shoulder 130, transverse seat- 131,

.inturned flange 132 with.` perforations 133 registering with wallperforations 13:21. 13.6 is the removable member having pcrfora tions13T to receive the sci e-Ws 13S, and having a' shoulder 139 tocorrespond with shoulder 130, between which shoulders seated the pane89.

I claim:n e

1. In a device of the type set forth, the combination with thesustaining arms and pivotal supports therefor, 'of socket members uponthe free ends of the arms, ballsin the socket members, supporting armsfixed to the balls, and means in the socket members .engaging the ballsfor locking the shield in any radial position.

2. In a device of the type set forth, the combination With foldable armsand pivotal supports therefor, of soclr'et members on the free ends ofthe arms, balls in the ends of the arms, balls in the sockets providedwith radial cavities, a Wind shield rigidly at- 'p tached `to the balls,and; loci-:ing members yieldingly mounted in the sockets adapted toregister in the cavities.. i

3. In a device ofthe type set forth, the combination with foldable armsand pivotal supports therefor, of socket ,members on the ends of thearms, balls in the sockets provided with a vertically arranged' seriesof peripheral cavities, a wind shield supported by the balls, lockingmembers in the sockets, and resilient means in the sockets' pressing thelocking members against the balls.

et. In a device of the type set forth, the' combination of sustainingarms, pivotal supports therefor, socket members upon the arms`comprising upper and lower plates,

balls seated between the'plates and provided V `to the balls.fand a Windshield on the arms.

5. In a device of the type set forth, the combination withthesust-aining arms and pivotal supports therefor, of socket members onthe arms, balls in thersocket members, means for radially clamping` theballs in the socket members, 'supporting arms liired'toA the balls, awind shield mounted on ,the arms, wings hinged tothe lends of theshield, horizontal plates on'the wings provided with radial'serrations,V 'vertical pins slidably mounted in the supportingarmsadapted to engagefivith their upper ends the serrations, springs in thearmspressing thel pins into engagement. with the sei-rations, and levercams in the supporting arms engaging the ends of the pins. y

In testimony7 whereof I have affixed my signature ,in presence of twowitnesses FREDERICK n. BoYN'r'oN.

`Witnesses:

E. Cn GILBERT, L. lfl. lVn'rMonn.

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